Top 16 highest-earning Chinese athletes of 2010
- By Lin Liyao China.org.cn, March 3, 2011
Li Na, tennis player
2010 earning: 11.2 million yuan (US$1.7 million)
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As of Jan. 31, 2011, 29-year-old Li Na is ranked the No. 7 tennis player in the world according to the WTA singles rankings, becoming the highest ranked female Chinese tennis player. [xinhua.net] |
![As of Jan. 31, 2011, 29-year-old Li Na is ranked the No. 7 tennis player in the world according to the WTA singles rankings, becoming the highest ranked female Chinese tennis player. [xinhua.net]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20110303/001372a9ae050ed942131d.jpg "As of Jan. 31, 2011, 29-year-old Li Na is ranked the No. 7 tennis player in the world according to the WTA singles rankings, becoming the highest ranked female Chinese tennis player. [xinhua.net]")
From 1999 to 2004, Li won 20 women's singles titles: 19 ITF events and one on the WTA Tour. In January 2008, she won her second WTA Tour title following a 3-year drought. At the 2011 Australian Open, Li became Asia's first Grand Slam singles finalist.